National Teams Update
By Paul Assaiante, National Coach
In life the pursuit of goals is a bit like building a railroad track. You must first come up with your destination, and this is the plan or the “dream”...
Sobhy Summer Threepeat
Amanda Sobhy’s August victory, at the Squash Revolution National Capital Open in Maryland, marked her third WSA title win of the summer, making her the first player to win three WSA events in a...
The Egyptlishmen: The Inside Story of the Elshorbagy Brothers who have Bridged Egyptian and...
By James Zug
Photos by Steve Line/squashpics.com
The boy was shy. As a child, Mohamed Elshorbagy was aggressive on court. He went for outright nicks or it was a tin on every point. He played all-out...
American Medal Haul at Pan Ams
Team USA brought home eight medals from the Pan American Federation Cup in Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 1-9. The U.S. representatives were comprised of a mix of youth and experience, led by player-coaches and...
Matthew Achieves One of the Great Surprises
By Richard Eaton
Photos by Steve Line/Squashpics.com
It was one of the three or four greatest World Championships surprises of all time. Those who witnessed the U.S. Open final only sixteen days before might rate it...
Going Her Own Way
By Chris McClintick
In the spring of 1922, Howard Roark—the protagonist in Ayn Rand’s 1943 novel The Fountainhead—chooses to leave his architecture school, not compromising his personal architectural beliefs in adhering to the school’s conventionalism.
Nearly...
Snoring Rhinos and Other Tales: a Review of Nick Matthew’s Memoir
By James Zug
Nick Matthew
Sweating Blood: My Life in Squash
Cheshire, England: internationalSportGroup, 2013
It is a shame but inevitable. Like everywhere else in their careers, Nick Matthew and James Willstrop are now placed side by side...
Parity at the U.S. Open
By James Zug
Parity was the watchword the entire nine days of the 2013 Delaware Investments U.S. Open at Drexel University. It was the first major tournament in the history of professional squash—now in its...
U.S. Pro Series and Life Time Fitness
By Chris McClintick
When US SQUASH and the Professional Squash Association (PSA) partnered to launch the U.S. Pro Series in January of 2013, the primary goal was to increase the awareness of squash in the...
Hanson Aims to Move Up U.S. and International Ladders
By Chris McClintick
As qualifying for the 2013 Delaware Investments U.S. Open squash championships began at the Racquet Club of Philadelphia on October 9, so did Chris Hanson’s professional squash life.
The twenty-two-year-old American’s debut against...